At its heart the Internet is an information distribution network and the ease with which all manner of information can be shared instantly has led to numerous innovative methods of doing, well, most anything. A hallmark of patents on such methods is that the various steps are carried out by multiple actors as information is […]

The Federal Circuit’s recently issued decision in the cases of Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. and McKesson Technologies, Inc. v. Epic Systems Corp. received less attention than its importance might have warranted, perhaps because Apple’s win over Samsung in the patent litigation between the Smartphone giants occurred at about the same time and […]

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Intellectual property has many facets and means different things to artists, musicians, engineers and scientists, all of whom, like it or not, are in business. The goal of our blog is to keep all types of creative thinkers up to date on the intellectual property issues that impact the business of creativity.